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go go gergie · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:55 pm

ok let's try to get a good thread going here. who ever gets the question correct has to ask the next question. and no cheating and googling up the answer or else the lion of judah will get you in your sleep...

heres an easy one to start.

who originally wrote the song "sally brown" which the glow covered at the show last saturday?

go go gergie signing off!

STEVEN PARKER · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:44 pm

Laurel Aitken.

skadanny · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:05 pm

Okay Steven, now you're supposed to ask the next question ...

Aaron · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:14 pm

Since Steve's not posting a question (and I *did* know that answer), I'll field a question.

What was the original name of The Scofflaws, which they sold to another band for in the neighborhood of $10,000?

STEVEN PARKER · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:28 pm

Oh crap, I guess I didn't read that part.

My bad.

skadanny · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:30 pm

Aaron wrote:

What was the original name of The Scofflaws, which they sold to another band for in the neighborhood of $10,000?

Please tell me I'm not the only one here that knows this one. At the very least, I know I've told the story to some others ...

Hell, I'll make up a few of my own --

Who headlined the LAST Skalloween at Hungry Charlies in Syracuse? Hint: They played across Upstate NY that weekend to critical acclaim, but paltry crowds (don't cheat by looking it up!).

An easier one: What was the first ever big ska "hit" song in the USA?

Aaron · **Posted:** Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:20 pm

skadanny wrote:

An easier one: What was the first ever big ska "hit" song in the USA?

"My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small

Umm.

...

What surprising business venture did Buster Bloodvessel of Bad Manners begin in the .. (I think) late '80s or early '90s?

Aaron · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:11 am

Aaron wrote:

What surprising business venture did Buster Bloodvessel of Bad Manners begin in the .. (I think) late '80s or early '90s?

Wow, nobody knows this one?

go go gergie · **Posted:** Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:15 pm

ok this may be cheating but i was reading my MOJO Special SKA edition magazing and this is quoted

"Buster Bloodvessel concurrently ran Bluebeat label, ran for London mayor in 1999, and opened Fatty towers hotel in Margate, serving up 48oz steaks, 5lb meat puddings, and a "Cardiac Cashback" guarantee in the event of a misfortune."

does that count?

ok my question!

Who was the 2-tone character modeled after?

go go gergie signing off!

skadanny · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:17 am

That's a pretty easy one. They also need to say where he got his name ...

Aaron · **Posted:** Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:48 pm

I know it was modeled after Peter Tosh.

And I think I remember hearing somewhere that the name came off a bowling shirt. Is that right?

Anyway, I can't come up with more questions at the moment. So I guess I'll leave the floor (so to speak) open for whoever's got one...

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